All India Federation of Trade Unions, a central trade union federation in India. AIFTU was launched in 1992, as the trade union wing of Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Janashakti. Following the breakdown of CPI(ML) Janashakti into various splinter-groups and the withdrawal of many of them from open mass work, AIFTU declined. An attempt to reorganization was made, and the federation has been reconstructed under the leadership of the president P.K. Murthy and general secretary B. Pradip, who had been elected by the 1992 founding conference. This AIFTU is today not affiliated with any specific political party. There are also some minor splinter groups using the name. Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1992 was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Janashakti is an underground political party in India. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1992 was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...
In Telugu the AIFTU is known as అఖిల భరత కార్మిక సంఘాల సమాఖ్య (Akhila Bharata Karmika Sanghala Samakya). Telugu belongs to the family of Dravidian languages and is the official language of the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. ...
Tradeunions have always held that a consistent defense of the interests of their members over the long term required them to work for the well-being of people and of society as a whole (including elements such as political and social democracy, civil and democratic rights, the elimination of poverty, equality, the rule of law).
Apart from historical reasons of principle, tradeunions (in contrast with other important social actors, such as churches or business) cannot function in an environment where human and democratic rights are not safeguarded, for example in highly repressive military dictatorships or in police states (except in the form of illegal cadre groups, or proto-unions).
Tradeunions and NGOs have in common not only that they are both part of civil society, but that they have specific agendas for the improvement of society, and that they can both legitimately claim to be serving the interests of society in general.
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